I have a mate that was making bio and using it in his 2005 pajero, not a crd, however after approximately 130 000 k's the Paj stopped and around $5k later it was going again, Whilst the official cause was inconclusive, "fuel contamination" was hinted as the cause. I looked at his setup i.e. how he was making the bio and I couldn't fault it, (filtered twice before it even got in the tank), and still he had problems. All the warning I need..
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pics someone send me of what home made bio does to a VE pump.
some one mention that the cause is likely to be water in the bio, which is very hard to get out.
some one mention that the cause is likely to be water in the bio, which is very hard to get out.
How many people would think to try and extract emulsified water from the oil during the biodiesel manufacturing process?
The problem with lightly heating it (eg ambient+40C) to remove the moisture is that there's still moisture in the air which the oil may reabsorb (I don't know how hygroscopic vege oil is). That really leaves fractional distillation or a centrifuge, and I wonder how many backyard distillers even know what that is, let alone are equipped to do it.
The problem with lightly heating it (eg ambient+40C) to remove the moisture is that there's still moisture in the air which the oil may reabsorb (I don't know how hygroscopic vege oil is). That really leaves fractional distillation or a centrifuge, and I wonder how many backyard distillers even know what that is, let alone are equipped to do it.
even then some water still remains and requires chemical bonding to get it out.
